On the Thursday night before I thought wow I am really having gas pain on my left side. The pain kept getting worse but I didn't think that it was anything serious. I went to lunch with my aunt. I bought a coke and though If I can burb I will be allright. It felt better for a while especially after my shower.
At almost 10 pm the pain got so bad that I could not even sit down. I couldn't breath without pain. I could barely even move. I woke my mom up and told her we have to go the emergency room. It took me about 10 minutes to get in the car because I had more pain when I sat. I had to sit on the front part of the seat just so I could get into the car. I arrived at the ER and I was angry because they wanted me to answer all of these questions but I couldn't even breath. They put oxygen on me and it took forever to see a doctor. I saw one doctor then they changed me to another one. Never once did they give me anything for pain. The doctor said you need to have CT scan because I think you may have a blood clot. I got a scan and I had one in my lung. I found at later that clots were in both of my lungs and my legs. I spent 24 hrs in SICU and then spent 3 more days in the hospital. Currently I am on blood thinners and here is some information about PE.
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot in the lung. It usually comes from smaller vessels in the leg, pelvis, arms, or heart. When a clot forms in the legs or arms, it is referred to as a deep venous thrombosis (
DVT).
The clot travels through the vessels of the lung continuing to reach smaller vessels until it becomes wedged in a vessel that is too small to allow it to continue farther. The clot gets wedged and prevents any further blood from traveling to that section of the lung.
When no blood reaches a section of the lung, that portion of the lung suffers an infarct, meaning it dies because no blood or oxygen is reaching it. This is referred to as a pulmonary (or lung) infarct.